Comb-strip of heel-mails



(No Model.) P. 'F. RAYMOND, 2d. CDMB' STRIP OF HEEL NAILS.

No. 474,858. Patented May 17, 1892.

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COMB-STRIP OF HEEL-NAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1\Io. 474,858, dated May1'7, 1892.

Original application filed May 15, 1885, Serial No. 165,574, Divided andthis application filed February 11,1889, Serial Illo. 299,519. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREEBORN F. RAYMOND, 2d, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Newton, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Comb-Stripsof Heel- Nails, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification.

The invention relates to a comb-strip of heel-nails, which are arrangedto provide the necessary number of nails for fastening or attaching theheel or the sole, if desired, and no more, having nailsof varyinglengthsarranged as will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

The object of the invention'is to provide an expeditious way of feedingthe heeLattaching nails to the heel-nailing machine, and also to arrangethe nails as to their number and lengths before they are driven.

The invention is especially applicable for uscin connection withheel-nailing machines, with means for separating a comb-strip of thisconstruction or form into individual nails-and for arranging them inform to be driven and for feeding the nail to the driving devices.

Referring to the drawings, wherein like letters of reference are used todesignate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a plan view ofa complete comb-strip constructed in Fig. 2 illustrates said strip bentinto a curved form and ready for application to the heel of aboot orshoe.

A refers to the comb-strip, which is formed with short startsorprojections or, constructed between starts or projections a, ofsomewhat greater length. This comb-strip is constructed from a sheet ofmetal of suitable thickness and the starts formed by the use of suitableEach strip will have therequisite number of nails therein as is desiredfor the intended purpose. For instance,if nine nails are needed forproperly attaching the heel-blank, then the combstrip has but ninenails. If fifteen are necessary, the strip is formed with fifteen, andso on. It will be understood, however, that the said strip may have anynumber of these starts or projections necessary for the heel which itsnails are to attach.

The nails are constructed in the manner above set forth to fit them forthe especial location which they are to bearin the heel, as itisdesirable that certain nails for attaching the heel be larger or longerand possess greater wearing properties than others, and also to supply agreater number of nails in a heel for resistance of wear withoutnecessitating an increased amountof disintegration of the parts of theheel by driving a large numberof long nails therein.

In use the comb-strip having the requisite number of nails constructedas set forth is placed in the machine, and by the operat on thereof itis separated into its individual nails, which are fed to the drivingdevices and driven. It is obvious that this strip not only providesmeans for easy and quick feeding for a large number of nails, but thatit also provides means for the feeding of nails of different lengths ina quick and expeditious way; also, for properly locating such nails, sothat all the nails are fed to the place where needed whether they belong or short. It will be observed in this instance that two of the longnails formed by the starts or projections a will have a short nailformed by the starts a, driven between the same. This arrangementprovides a strong fastening without increased puncture of the materialof the heel, as would be the ease in the use of nails of a uniform size.

While I have described this invention as applicable to heeling-nails, Iwould not be understood as limiting it to this class of fastenings, asit may also be used for fastening soles or any other article or thingwhereit is necessary to feed the nails or fastenings expeditiously andto arrange for the driving of the given number.

This application includes subj cot-matter divided from my applicationfiled May 15, 1885, Serial No. 165,574, and I make no claim herein tothe subject-matter of said earlier application.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

As an improved article of manufacture, a pointed nails for alternateindividualdriving comb-strip of shoe nails or fastenings comprisof along and a short nail, substantially as de- :0 ing a'series of starts orprojections of about scribed. the same length as an ordinary hee1ing-nail FREEBORN F. RAYMOND 2D.

5 and alternately arranged therewith, a slngle shorter start betweeneach two of the longer In presence ofones, said starts being out fromsaid strip, as J. M. DOLAN, shown, to form Wedgeshapecl headless blunt-A. F. MACDONALD.

